Ed Greenwood | |
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 Greenwood at Gen Con Indy 2012 | |
| Born | July 21, 1959 |
| Occupation | Writer, game designer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1979–present |
| Genre | Role-playing games, fantasy |
Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the creator of the Forgotten Realms game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for Dragon magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to TSR, the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, in 1986. He has written many Forgotten Realms novels, as well as numerous articles and D&D game supplement books.